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ESTABLISHED 1826.
MACON* FRIDAY, XOYEMBER 11, 1881.
VOLUME LV-XO. 45
UF.A ;IIASO HOSES
When I am doad, strew rosea o’er ms,
Great*Weeding hearts, rosea from head to
feet*
Bade without stint, and leave* as bright
and cool .... . . .
As ferns that nod by hly-hauntod pool;
Aad lot mo hold them in these arms, my
So I shall nevor bo again—alone.
How have I loved them 1 all the happy days
I walked with life the old and pleasant
Loved them r.o well I gave tho best to thee
Tboso my “true loves” broke never Taith
with me.
Kny, in iboir folds, I often found tho toar
I shed by night a morning daw drop clear.
X want theta all—my roses of Lorraine,
The wild eweetbrier that blossomed in tho
Inne, , ,
My Bengal beauties, moss rose, pink and
white—
With nil thoir glory it will not bo night,
L' t Illy bells alone for mo bo totlod,
And drai n tho sod with trailing "cloth of
gold."
Ob. peerless darlings of tho sun and rain !
When did I seek thy volvot lips in vain?
Thy thorns have loft no scat upon my
heart,
My first, last braath still thine, a very part
(if all my beta*", go with mo whore blows
On Death's white bosom Life’s immortal
rose.
—[Mrs. Helen Rich.
A TRAVELER'S TALE.
IN MEX’OKY OP A FRIEND.
Three days ago I returned to tny cottage,
after nearly twelve months’ absence in
Eastern Europe. It is as quaint ar.d sun
ny—and damp—as always; the memorials
of distant travel whereof you have heard
so much welcome mo home; tin roses in
my conservatory are as thick and as fra
grant as ever. Time lias flown lightly and
pleasantly with home and owner, but in
the big heap of letters ou my table there
is notice of change more than enough. I
have reached the age when death becomes
familiar, a ^visitant who sweeps rotted
closer and closer, in a beat over narrow
ing—: triking here and there more rapidly
and closely until ona’seelf is struck. Four
intimate friends have joined tho majority
since I left home, one, au old school-fel
low, who had uever, I believe, visited
more distant parts than France or Italy;
the second, a French journalist, whose
facile success proved his ruin; the third,
au officei of Kigali Brooke, who died in
the Red Sea, on his way home; the fourth,
a .South African farmer, wine-grower,
digger, veterinary surgeon—the best and
happiest of men. lie, Lis wife, and one
of their children perished of fever within
forty-eight hours. His executor writes
to me of some business settled years ago;
but my friend was uever careful ot bu
papers.
We called Win S welly Dave upon “tho
Fields,” where i first made his acquain
tance. Ills real name matters to no one;
let its suppose it Davies. Every one likid
and admired when they knew him; but in
that rough place lie bad au up hill road
to popularity, for Dave was consumed by
an instinct and genius for dres?. At all
tiuu’i 1m could display a white shirt and
still collar. This neatness was uot a here
ditary attribute, I imagine. He confess
ed that his father had been a country vet.
and that be himself had been educated
for ihat modest profession. He had
learned something of the business evident
ly, when liis parent’s death gave him a
very little fortune. This iio spent quite
juicily and respectably, satisfied with tho
present and the future of humanity when
Lis trouse-s fitted and their pockets held
a shilling for a flower. It was not the
dear old fellow’s nature to run iuto debt.
He reckoned up Ills waning cash with jeal
ous integrity, and when it had ebbed to a
certain point 1m paid his tailor, packed his
wardrobe, and sailed for the Cape. There
he practiced os a vet. until the discovery
of diamonds attracted him to Dulo’tspan.
He was lucky from the outset, and as he
n ither drank nor gambled beyond moder
ation, Dave was soon enabled to ludulgo
ills one extravagance. £ found him es
tablished at Benning and Martin’s "Hotel”
on my arrival, a tall young fellow, with
sleepy brown eyes, fair li*lr and mustache.
We did uot grow intimate lor a long while,
since his character was all that is least
gushing. I have met only one European
in the world who could sit still and keep
silence as he could. On a shady bench
outside tho hotel 'door he would gaze
dreamily at nothing from dinuer-iime till
dusk. His pleasaut smile was ready lor
an acquaintance, and his few words
shrewd and purposeful enough, but he
elt no need of a companion. At fust the
rude diggers resented alike the collars acd
the quiet, but wlieu they found that this
spick and span lounger was ready with
his fists on a challenge—though he neatly
always got the worst of an encounter—
they respected him.
The iucident which brought me into
closer relationship with Dave took place
after I had left Benning and Martin’s to
lire on Bultfoulem Uili. Let it bo con
fessed at once tiiat 1 bavo made a coherent
stoiy out of facts which could be, and
• v, summarized in two or three psra-
s«il,a st# t It a iiniatnAlwl 1?SaM hilt.
graphs of the “Diamond Field News;” but
the facts are perfectly true aud notorious.
If I transcribe those paragraphs you would
cry out for detail aud explanation; you
would want to know moro cf the
human livings concerned. Until this sad
news reached me I could not have satisfi
ed you without an unpardonable breach
of friendship. But all are gone now
who were interested in those straugo
cveuts. and when memory stirs my im
agination there is no need to resist.
ft w as in the latter end of 1812. One
morning 1 descended Bultfontciu Hill to
inspect the market. Haifa dozen wagons
jun arrived stood round the square, heavy
Boers aud ragged followers of the camp
Deferring tho contents to market-
were transferring
tables, arranged in a hollow parallelogram.
The porteis of the municipality, working
inside of this barrier, sorted and arranged
the various “lots”—fruit, tobacco, vegeta
bles, hi I tongue, and other products of the
Free States aud the Ti&nsvaal. The mar
ket master, note-book in hand, strode to
and fro upon the tables, entering, catalo
guing, swearing and stamping. At a dis
tance stood a crowd of diggers, waiting to
buy their stock of necessities before de
scending to the claims. Few of them had
washed; water was threepence a bucket-
salt at that, and “fetch it yourself.” _ A
pi my throng they were, therefore, in
Patched clothes from which the color had
departed, white with dust, scarred wilbold
wounds and bolls, red-eyed and blinking,
aud disfigured by huge bluo spectacles of
* >e roughest make. They leaned on
5 PvJes, and picks, and “sorting boards,”
smoking rank tobacco and shouting rough
Jests.
Grossing the open space I met Swelly
D' /e, absorbed in contemplation oi a
sack ot oranges. “Have you been on the
scoop?” I cried taking Ills arm. “Your
heckiie is crooked, and your collar bro-
keu.”
“Don’t, old fellow,” he answered.
‘Louoy has had a bad night, aud they
say there is no hopo.”
His eyes were brimming, his voice
uoatse.
f had heard of this poor girl, who was
me beauty of Dutoitspan in days before
by arrival. For two mouths past sl;e had
J**en wasting with leaver, cai-«ed rather
Jy foul smells, heat, worry of flies, aud bad
food than by disease. It was no secret
hktDaye loved her, hut the girl was
young and willful, too giddy, ml too
much courted to heed his rather shy de
votion. '
“Sho is dying of thirst,” continued
Dave, “aud tho brackish water makes
her sick. Every day for a week I have
come to find oranges, but none arrived.
The child shall have as many as I cau
carry to-day if 1 pay a pound apiece for
them.
I do not remember what they cost; hut
it wa3 a price to startle llie moat reckless
spend-thrifl; for other sick were there
upon the Fields, and other devoted friends.
We filled the sack which Dave had brought,
and at his request 1 accompanied him to
the wretched dwelling where Louey
Parsons lay, with her lather aud sister.
It stood in tbe worst part of the camp,
where the irresponsible Kaffir ignored the
sanitary commission. The air was sickly,
with a smell ot garbage rotting in open
boles. Frowsy diggers, walking from a
drunken spree, blinked at the sunshine,
and coughed till they choked at the door
of foul canteens. Shouting black men
went by in gaugs, some to work, others
Ureir tf-riu of service ended, trooping • to
ward the veldt. Two or three of them
carried a gun, the product cf their wages;
and all had a bundle of miscellaneous
loot. They bade farewell to distant com
rades iu a cup very musical, but very mel
ancholy, and peculiarly distressing, as we
kuew, to invalids.
“This is a bad quarter for a 6ick person,”
I said.
“You should visit it at night,” Dave
answered bitterly. “I tell you, Parsons
has killed my girl In sheer pride and ob
stinacy. Heaven knows .how they have
lived for the last two weeks! Parsons’
claim is no good, aud he’ll not take help.
Aud so little Loo Is dying!”
Before a small frame house, stained and
f atched, sat a gray old man smoking,
[is face did not prepossess me; but so
whito it was with yesterday’s dust that
wo could scarcely traco the features, flis
shirt-sleeves, relied to the shoulder, dis
played only skiu and muscle. lie watch
ed us approach with dry .and swollen
eyes. “I’ve found soirra oranges to day,'
said Dave. “Cau I see Miss Clara?”
“Louey’s awake,” was the short reply;
aud the old man rose from Ids seat of
mud, shouldered his pick and shovel, and
strode off.
Dare called softly a', the ragged door:
“Miss Clara, shall I come iii?”
“Come in, Dave.’ Come in, you silly
old tnanji’ cried a thin but cheerful voice.
He turned to me with hope shining in
his eye3.
“That’s Louey!” he whispered.
After a moment. Dave called me, aud I
entered. There is no occasion to describe
my visit. The child had no notion of
her doom. Sue sat up in tin miserable
bad, supported tenderly by her sister, and
ato the oranges with eagerness. The
color sprang to he; wasted face, and her
Mg eyes sparkled as he laughed with
Dave. But in two or three minutes the
light faded suddenly, and Clara dismissed
us. A very few days afterwards i.oney
died. Half the camp attended her funer
al—every one who had known tho bright
ami laughter-loving little maid.
Dave's grier was altogether silent and
restrained. True to his instinct, no out
ward sign showed tho despair within.
But, after some two or three months, ho
quietly began to realize his fortune, and
to talk of returning home, net for a per-
maiioy, but for a long visit. Meanwhile,
the funeral had utterly exhausted Par
sons’ resources. Bui the mail’s hardness
of nature forbade him to ask help, uutii
be and his surviving daughter actually
starved. Then he accepted a proposal
carefully framed lu a manner to spare
his pride.
For five hundred pounds Davo sold to
him oue-liali of the best claim lie had, the
monejrto ba paid out of profits. Tbe
other half Parsons was to work in their
joint interest, taking half of tho yield,
after paying expenses. Dave’s house lie
also took at a low value. The transfer
duly registered, our friend left for home.
I accompanied liim ou the voyage, and in
England our intimacy grew. I loved the
dear oid fellow.
■ With the utmost composure he watched
bis second fortune vanish iu follies mere
expensive than dress, ami, at the end of
two years lie bade me farewell. I never
saw him afterward, ior he did not ’ return
to Eugland. The events that followed
were told nte by a friend, who regarded
Dave almost as warmly as I myself did.
I put his narrative iu the first person for
convenience.
Parsons bad extraordinary luck at last.
In less tb&u three months he had remitted
the full amount due for tho house and
half-claim. But lie turned out to be one
of the most objectionable diggers in camp,
always foremost in tusking grievances
against authority. That was an agitated
time. Nothing had been settlod as yet,
beyond the transfer of Griqualaud to tbe
British- Empire. Tbe commissioners
might, perhaps, be bullied or pursuaded
to any action, and “diggers’ meetings”
assembled almost uiglftly lor the purpose
of trying it on. Parsons became a lead
ing orator at these gatherings, spouting
seditious nonsense from tbe market table.
Nor did tho surviving daughter much
impress me, said my informant. Beauty
she had, beyond doubt, of a higher class,
I should faucy, thau those young charms
which rascinatcd poor S welly Dave. Her
features were delicate aud high-bred, her
eyes full of life, but, I thought, bard. Ouo
could net mistake her neat, upright littlo
figure at any distance. I recognized it in
tbe mam street one day, as I drove from
New Rush home.
Miss parsons had been shopping, and I
overtook her at Micbaelis' store. Many a
stalwart young digger, trudging dirty from
tbe claims with bis spado upon his shoul
der, gave me a jealous glance as he dived
out of sight between the huts.
“.So Dave i3 coming back?” I said as
we strolled along.
“I didn’t know,” she answered coolly.
“He makes a mistake. The diggers arc
uot what tboy were.”
“Perhaps Davo is not what he was."
“Oh, Mr. Davo will nover change. Ho
lives in a bandbox, and nothing can afreet
him.”
“You think that be did not feel your
sister’s death mneb? I can assure you
that Is a grave mistake.”
Miss Parsons’ face changed.
“He suffered what he could, no donbt.
I few tears leaked through the box. You
are Mr. Dave’s great friend, are you not?”
“No. Ho Is very dear to me, but there
are others in the camp who have known
him longer and tried him more.” * .
“Why,” she cried, her clear eyes shi
ning with anger. “You speak of this
Mr. Dave as one would speak of a Jtero!
It is aaliculous!”
“And-tow doea your father speak of
him, Miss Parsons,”,1 asked, stopping at
the door. *
She looked at me like a little fury, and
went in.
In due lime Dave arrived, hot and dus
ty, bpt other wise the same. His friends
lud arranged a dinner to welcome him,
and “the proceedings terminated,” as tho
time-honored formula runs, at a very late
hour indeed.
Next day lie called on Mr. Parsons,
iraukly told his situation, and asked for
the accounts of his quarter share. That
wretch pretended uot to understand, pro
duced the transfer, and accused Dave of
attempting to swindle.
The p .or fellow did not answer much,
and did nothing to obtain his rights.
Louey’s father was sacred. Ho told me
the story tilth his usual-calmness.
.fit don’t make much diflerence,” Lo nothing to do.
said; “I shall have !o begin afresh. Per- Pushing straight on over the veldt, they
baps some one will put mo into a claim.” bsheld signs ol trouble before reaching the'
lint of his old fi Sends seme had retired first halt. ThoGriquas bad sent away
on their fortune; others, disheartened, had their old mon, women and children, with
gone father north, to the gold diggings; such household gear and cattle as could
others had withdrawn to different pursuits, bo rescued. A train of wagon3 streamed
Those remaining nearly all owned good toward tho Orango river,
claims, but their arrangements were per- The fugitives named a place whore the
niantly settled. People on whom Dave ' men capable of bearing arms hail apponL
bad not such strong hold were disinclined ed their rendezvous, but the Basatos did
to tempt their luck by employing a man not kuow the spot, nor could they utider-
once successful. For there is a superstl- j stand how to find it.
tion iu the Fields, confirmed liy a dozen | .Ou the third march front the river, they
cases In my own CNperiatre.', that tho dig- ; saw burned homesteads, dead cattle, aud
•or has only one chance. If he trifle with the signs of barbarous, war. Now and
it, or let it go, fate takes revenge. 1 then a'small body of negroes would bo
There were many claims “jumpablo”; discovered upon the naked veldt, but
on Dutoihtpan and Buitfonteiu, aud one so far away that to pursue them was hops-
of these Dave worked, checrfqi aud quiet; . less.
but his finds .-. ere absolutely nothin* He ! Next day, however they met a plunder-
lived iu rnv lent on Bultfontein Hill. At ing parly of the enemy, who stood; and
his request, J did not speak of Parsons’ t for tbe first time Dave heard the singing
conduct. f of a bullet. Two Batlapins were killed
The daughter I noticed only by a cere- 1 nuil one taken, who saved his life by guid-
mouious bow when I •'Lanced to moat her. ! h*3 them to the Griqua rendezvous.
But we came luce to face one afternoon. 1 A distressing scene of coufusiou was
I c .aid do no less in public thau grasp that laager. Tito Griqua?, bravo euougli,
the offered hand. i had lived for years in a peace profound.
“Did I not say,” she began, “that Mr. j They had no war chiefs,and not one among
Dave had belter not have returned?” ! them knew wliat ought to be done. The
“You spoke with more knowledge of strangers were received with uuspcakablo
the facts than 1 had.” j delight, and they found apt pupils. Hot-
“I? How?” i teatot blood is scarcely !es3 capable of
The girl’s aupin. nice vexed me. j training for war of Us own style thau is
“You have provi t vounseffa wise child, the pottery id mu ingensum of the Kafir.
Miss l'arsoa3,” 1 ; nswered, “If there’s
truth in the proverb.”
Bhe colored angrily, and stared, but I
left her. ^
This iucident I told to Dave, of course,
as we sat at night.
■“I should bu sorry to suspect Clare,”
me raid, “of any parte flier father’s con
duct. We were never ft tends, but I used
to thick l er honest and high-spirited.
How she loved little Loo! Her dislike
for me arose from j vaiousv of the child’s
friend-hip. Heaven knows L.jo nevor pro-
tended to care for me. Oid fellow, I’m
tired of this place! Will Palmer has ask
ed me to join him, prospectiiig beyond the
Hock, and I’ve accepted. We stait to
morrow.”
“It’s hard ou two of our oldest voor-
trekkers to ba in-panning agaiul”
“Read up your history of Christopher
Columbus,"he answered laughing. “That
Yoortrokker was ill-treated it you like.”
Two Jays after the pair started amid
some excitement. • a “pi "peeling ex
pedition” had not left the Fields these
many months past, and both men were
popular.
I saw Miss Parsons at tbe door as the
noisy little crowd went by. She knew by
experience wbat that procession signified
—tbe patty laden with tent and tools aud
cooking things, the men witn rifle, revol
ver and panniktkin. Dave was neat, as
usual, aud excellently dressed, though
not in Pall Mail f&ihion. The Wife of au
official had just p cseutcd him with a
superb while oslucft feather, which lie mid
curled round 1m broad-brimmed hat. As
he raised it in passing, the girl colored.
Our first news of t he explorers came
from tire storekeeper at the Hoek. He|
wrote that they had crossed the river
against urgent warning. The chief Jantje
aud ids Bailsptnt hadlatv’y become more
ofijnsive than usuJ, aud u.y friend tbe
storekeeper-expected mischief. After tin’s,
nothing more was heard of Dave for near
ly two months.
We vaguely knew at the Fields that
Junlje had broken out, an ! was doing
much injury to his neighbor:. But there
were no white peor'e iu Iti3 ’erritory, and
the Orange river is very Uc id. Half a
troop of the frontier police marched to
the Iloek, for vrbat purpose nobody knew.
The tricuds of tho “prospectors” grew
anxious.
Meanwhile another attack of their peri
odical fever bad broken out among the
diggers. New Rush discovered, all over
again, that it was robbed by black laborers
aud white receivers. For tho hundredth
time it was vowed iu public aud private
that this sort of thiug mutt bo stopped
with fire aud blood.
So the diggers assembled In tbeir thou
sands, burned half a dozen canteens, and
badly treated their owners. Then they
caught some blacks, flogged them, aud
marched them about with ropes round
their necks, looking for a tree.
In fact, the usual symptoms displayed
themselves, and the usual result arrived.
Our steady, lisrd-worktqg camp took the
disease In milder firm; for we, who habi
tually looked after onr own claims, had
not so much to fear front theft.
Parsons made himself foremost in de
nouncing buyers of stolen gems, ne lav
ed upon tbe'market table nightly to such
effect that our peaceful diggers suddenly
arose, without r incest-* apparently, and
burned a sutler’s house-
No eviueneo was brought against the
accused, at least in public, but It was well
he did not fall into the avengers’ hands.
Bo it observed however, that his guilt was
probable enough.
While I stood in the excited crowd,
who disputed who should next be punish
ed, a familiar voire bailed me above tho
din.
I looked round, and saw Dave and
Palmer on horseback, with tlirco arme d
aud mounted blacks. Tho white men’s
clothes were rags, their f?.C33 thin and
travel-worn, but they locked pictures of
hucith.
“Come along,” cried Davo gayly; “I
must lodge a man in the tronc, and then
we’ll have such a pala70t! Wuo is he?
My prisoner, bless him! The trophy of
my bow and spear. It’s tho same old
g imo here; burning canteens, 1 suppose?
gad, I come at an opportune moment!”
The prisoner was a huge lfatlapin, who,
as he walked hidden by the mounted men,
whined hymns. He was deposited at tho
tronc, upon explanation with the Sergeant,
and tbe othors came with its home.
“Glorious chaps, these!” laughod Dave,
“Two are Griqttas and the other a Basuto.
I say, Palmer, which of us is which?”
“You're a Basuto, aud I’m a Griqua.”
“What a memory you Lave! I shall
never recollect uutii they allow me my
wlver. Do you understand, old follow?
We’re chiefs. Will and I, promoted on
the field of honor, when we smote Junlje
hip and thigh, while you were groping for
pebbles in a limekiln.” *
Certainly Dave was changed at last.
The hath of oxciteireut and action agreed
with his constitution. Bright be had al
ways been when roused for a moment,but
iangud aud dreamy In gene, si. Now he
busied himself to make the negroes erm-
fort able, aud they regaided him with a
smile of admiring affection.
When horses and men had been dis
posed for the night, and our rough sap
per finished, the pair told mo their ad
ventures, which I must summarizo brief
ly.
After crossing the Orange they found
themselves environed by rumors aud dire
alarms.
There is a small colony of Basuto
Kafirs opposite the Hock, rich and pros
perous by the sale of diamonds honestly
obtained. These good follow' urged them
not to proceed, for: .e Balia, lus were on
the war path.
jgBut Davo anil Ills comrade wouldjnot
ba scared. That Jautje would daro ill-
use white men seemed ridiculous, aud
they expected much more amusement
than danger iu witnessing the campaign.
Tlia good Basuto chief cava them horses
anil a half-dozen picked warriors to guard
them and report.
Thus rei uforccd, aud secure of food, they
abandoned the project of halting at Camp
bell Grounds, where, iu truth, they had
e pe;
Within a few days a successful foray
was conducted into Jantje’s country, and
both patties discovered that Batiapin
kraaL are as easy to burn as Griqua
fa: instead;.
Thus a guerrilla war began, while
Jump collected bis power, anil strove lo
drag Mouknroane, chief of tho Commas,
into the dangerous game. Weeks passed
by, tbe Giiqitas gaining confidence lu
themselves and their leaders. At length
Jau'je moved with all his followers.
Scouts aud prisoners gave timely notice,
and the whim generals secured a formid
able contingent of Basutos, led by the old
Chief himself. After a desultory fight
which lasted lmif the day, Dave charged
at the head of his cavalry. The Batlapins
ran, and Jantje tcok refuge among the
Corunna?, where ho remained until late
cveul3 templed him to renew his senseless
«cheu:ce*( 1670 60.) No prisoners were
taken, ot course, excepting the man just
lodged in the tronc, who saved !’’s life b^
offering handfuls of coin
Such wa3 Dave’s story. The gratitude
and admiration of the negroes were not
satisfied with conferring ou their generals
tho barren hdtiorofchieftainship. Asub-
scription was organized, which took the
form of cattle. Upon tbo hint that dia
monds would be a kind of wealth moro
portable, two handfuls of fine stones,
worth over fifteen hundred pounds, were
substituted. And with this booty ami
their Batiapin captive the pair returned
to Dutoitspan.
Next day tho prisoner was examined
privately at the tronc. Iu answer to the
magistrate, he repealed his confession that
lie had stolon many gems aud sold them,
lie named his master, whose claim lay at
New-Rush, and that goutleman, when
summoned, recognized him at a glance.
It remained only to identify the buyer, a
process needing the extremest caution.
At nightfall we went oat with twelve
constables in plaiu dollies, who strolled
along in groups, disguised In an air of un
concern. Dave’s black warriors marebast
ann-m-arm with the pti3auer. He led us
through the dirtiest and lowest quarters of
the camp, and stopped at a distance from
Parsons’ old frame house, which, you
remember, Parsons had left long ago,
and it was now a canteen. Through the
open doorw ay wc saw a rudo bar cov
ered with the filthiest glasses and bottles.
A small cask of poutak, another of Capa
Smoke, and a basket of ginger beer stood
on a shelf—the usual array of poisons.
One tallow candle tit the dreary den, and
shone dimly through the wails of the can
vas. Behind the bar stood a pale, un
wholesome looking man, and two exam
ples ot llie lowest class of diggers lounged
on rough settees smoking.
In two minutes the “surround” was
complete, and the constables closing in
almost touched each other iu tbeir circle.
Then tbo sergeant stepped into the bright
er ray of light throw a by the open door
way, exclaiming, “No resistance, Corny!
You’re my prisoner!” His pistol was
drawn &9 he spoke. I have not seen fear
so suddenly and awfully expressed as in
that fellow’s face. Iiis jaw dropped, his
eyebrows ro3o, cold sweat streamed down
and glistened in the candle .light. He did
not say a word, nor move; but the guests
made row enough. They crushed back
to defend themselves, shouting to their
“brother diggers.” I saw a quick
gleam In the barman’s glassy
eye; the candlestick rattled ou
the ground, and all was dark. Before the
sergeant could flash his lantern, a cheery
voice cried, outside, “All right, siri
We’ve got Corny, a-creeping among the
tont pegs, he was!”
Tha barkeeper and his friends were led
through a gathering crowd, which fought
for the privilege of murdering them, so
soon as the charge was known. We did
our duty in protecting tho frightened
wretches,'aud then turned homeward. I
saw that tho suspicion in my own mind
was agitating Dave, and we threaded our
way silently through the labyrinth of
claims. Arrived at home, seated with
grog and pipo bsforo the door, Davo rose
suddenly, exclaiming, “I should have
staid. You won’t sit up fbr me, old
man 1”
silent, looking keenly at G.
“I have au unpleasant duty,” said the
latter, iu Consecrated form. “Corny van
Rlet is charged with buying -stolen dia
monds, and I see sufficient reason for Issu
ing a warrant against you.”
Parsons wa3 quite cool.
“Who accuses mo ?” he asked in a firm
voice.
“No one. But to-morrow, or to-night,
you will have five thousand accusers; aud
you know them.”
“I have a right to ask why they suspect
ms 1”
“Because I have reasons to fcolievc that
Corny vau Rist’s canteen is yours. - I may
tell you that the police have been watch
ing this place some time.”
“Dees Corny vau Kiet incriminate
mo ?”
“Not yet. I take tbo responsibility of
arresting you as much for your own safe
ty as for any other reason. Glvomeyour
keys, and go quietly.”
The old man steadily^walked out with
the sergeant, asking no questions about
Decisions Rendered October 4.
Abridged for tin Telegraph and Mceaenger bg
Hill tC Harris, Attornej>t at Laic. Macon,
Georgia.
'Wood et al. exeentors vs. McCall.
Trover, from Lee. Damages.
Jacksox, C. J.—1. Though a cotton
screw may have been a chattel attached
to the realty, yet if it was detached ar.d
carried away, an action of trover would
lie; and the fact that it wa3 attached to
the realty ou another place did not defeat
tho right to bring trover therefor.
2. Iu a trover case the plaintiff may
recover damages for the property and us
hire, if auv.
Judgment'affirmed.
“I’ll go back with you. There may be
a row.”
After a few yards, Dave said, “It’s no
use making mysteries. What do you ex
pect?”
“ThatParson3 was running that can
teen, and that there's no timo to loose, if
you wish to warn him. Bat why protect
the scoundrel, and risk your own life?”
Uo’s one ofthe roost finished blackguards
on the Fields and and a mean hypocrite
besides.”
“I can’t help that 1 Let us run 1”
Wo reached the house breathless. Tho
night was very dark, the street quiet, aud
Dave
we stole toward the door.
had
raised his hand to tap, when it was seized.
... -AJgj
“Nouo of that!” whispered tho sergeant;
and he led us quietly beyond earshot of
those within. “I somehow guessed what
your little game might bo, Dave. Now,
Parsons is bound to be took, but we don’t
want a row with the girl.”
“What is tho charge?” I asked.
“None yet. I’m waiting for the war
rant.”
“Then why should wo not cuter?”
“Becauso thoso are my orders. There
may be documents and thing?. Ah, hero
comes the man I’m looking for? Now,
mind, we’re in tho thick of the camp here,
and if you make a row tho old chap’s life
is not worth a chip of bort.”
This was evident, and we drew aside.
A neatly dressed black, eanying a lan
tern, exchanged a word with the sergeant,
tapped al the door, and banded in a note.
A moment afterward Clara appeared aud
walked away with him.
“Mrs. G! has sent for her,” muttered
the policeman. That’s a signal that tbe
warrant’s issued.”
There was nothing to be done hut
watch. Presently arrived G. himself, tbo
magistrate. He knocked at tiro door, tbe
sergeant and I behind him, “for I’ve not
the courage,” whispered Dave. Parsons
opened it and we walked in. This living
room was just as Dave left it; the pic
tures, books, table cloth, lamp, ail famil
iar. Beside the stove stood Parsons,
dertaken to break the matter to the girl,
and to keep her all night.
Then he sat down with Ills clerk to ex
amine papers. 1 rejoined Dare, and we
went homo.
Nextmorning, early, a note from G. was
delivered, begging us to attend on him.
We found hugo excitement at the Pan-
Parsons had strangled himself-in the
night. G. received us graroiy, aud pro-,
duced a letter fouud on the prisoner’s ta
ble addressed to Dave. It acknowledged
b’s dishonesty In the matter of the claim,
aud declared that the vengeauco of heaven,
so strangely aud secretly pursuing his
crime, had driven him to suicide. Had ho
not cheated Dare, this course ot events
would not have followed. A note of hand
for the exact sum duo was inclosed, and,
as compensation, ho left the whole claim,
to the man ho had wronged. In a very
brief farewell to his daughter, she was
commanded to honor this last wish.
While we talked, Clara came in. Her
very lips were pale, but her. eyes glowed.
G. whispered hastily:
“Site does not know tho end!”
Ad vane’ng straight to Dave she stood
before him rigid with depression.
“Why do you persecute my father?”
she said. “If you had’loved Louey you
would have been kind to us for her sake,
lie has done you know harm. Is it be
cause you liato me that you try to ruin
him? I did not do you an ill turn with
Louey. It I liad wished, she loved me
better than you,and sho would nevor have
seen you again. Is it because my father
has kept tbo money which you would have
spent like a fool?” '
“Miss Parsons,” said G. interfering,
“you aro under a mistake. Mr. Davies
does 1191 persecute your father. He could
not know to whom the prisoner, who fell
iuto his hands by chance, would point as
tho receiver of stolen diamonds. And it
would be moro morcilul at once to say
that your father has confessed, not only
the crime charged against him, but an
other also committed to tbo great injtny
of Mr. Davies himself, which Mr. Davies
had nobly concealed.”
Tbo girl looked from ono to tbe other
in amazement.
“Confessed? Is this true, Mr. Dave?”
“Yes, jt is true.”
After a pause she bowed and said:
“I humbly bog your pardon, sir,” and
went out.
J bad heard nothing ot tlioso events,
when, nearly two years afterward, I re
ceived a pair of wedding cards—they are
old-fashioned at tho Capo. #
■ The dear friend whom we cal’el
“Swelly Dave” announced his marriage
with Miss Clara Parsons. And within
four years more both are gone.—AU the
Year Bound.
Gills vs. Smith, executor. Claim, from
Stewart.
Jackson, C. J.—An execution against
a sheriff should be directed to tbe coroner
of tbe county of tho sherifi’s residence
aud to all and singular the sheriffs of the
State, except tho sheriff ofthe county of
Clara. ° G. told us Ihat his wife had uu- such residence, aud lira same may be iev-
31 tss COOJPAStrs SC02CU HUS.
BAUD.
A11 Acnorlcnn Girl wtio Preferred nit
Elopement to Slnrringo In Church.
St. Paul Pioueer Frees.
“You a.l remember tho Cooper family
that raised such a sensation two winters
ago iu Washington, and stirred tho whole
country at the end ot tho long session by
mixing up the name of Senator Ferry
with their domestic and interneciue
wars?”
Six people rolled their eyes and said:
“Perfectly.”
“Well, quite as everybody prophesied,
tho sensations of tbo family are not nearly
exhausted, aud they added another chap
ter, but by no means tho last one, lo
their varied career. After tho flue
scandal that they succeeded in raising lu
Washington, whon Mbs Cooper an
nounced that she had horsewhipped a
gentleman, and her father came out in a
card and said that she had not, hut
that ho did the “punishing,” and then,
alter several such fierce statements, he
signed a document before officers aud
witnesses retracting all his charges, the
public rather lost sight of the trio. Col.
Cooper wes appointed consul at Cadiz,
Spain, aud, having reconciled tho family
differences and joined his wife and daugh
ter to hint once more, set sail for thatsun-
ny portron tho Mediterranean last winter.
Cadiz was small, dull aud provincial, off
tho Hue of travel aud-unproductive of
amusement, excitement, or sensations for
tho family; and discontent crept in. The
brcaclt widened, and when the horse
chestnuts wore just bursting into bloom
tho mothorand daughter unceremoniously
left for Paris. On their way up from tho
south they encountered a handsome young
man, son of a wealthy mill owner at
Dunfermline, Scotland, who straightway
fell desperately in love with tho pretty
and vivacious young lady. A few days
after their arrival in Paris tho daughter
lu tnrutook French leavo of her mother,
and eloped for tlio States with tho bra’
Scotchman.
There was no need or necessity fer
elopement, in preference to any other
mode of marriage and travel, as there was
no objection or opposition intended. To
such a high-strung and melodramatic
young lady common enstoms were dis-
tasteiul, and away sho went for America.
The distracted mother followed by the
next steamer and overtook them in Now
York. Tho Scotchman was sent off on a
hunting tour to the Adirondacks, while a
trousseau was got ready, and then, cards,
and relatives having been secured, she
was married under a floral bell, and bon
voyaged off by s dock full ot unenlighten
ed and envious people At present the
bride is at her Highland homo in Dun
fermline, a dull, dry and Presbyterian
town of rim strictest kind, twelve
miles across from Edinburgh. The eom-
111 unity is strict, severe, and traditiou-
bound, revering tho memory and the man
sion of John Knox, who was born amongst
them, and weaving damasks and fine lin
ens, such as housewives treasure like jew
els. A moro desperatoly and deeply ena
mored Romeo never twanged a lute in
Verona than this one from the north
country; but none of the heroines of dra
ma and verse quite equal this Irrepressi
ble, audacious, unmanageable little
American bride, who will os certainly
raise the dust of Dunfermline and set the
town aghast as that the stars will roll in
space.”
led by the coroner, other sheriff or consta
ble of tbo county, at the option of the
plaintiff.
{a,). Tho object of this provision is to
prevent a defendant from handling a pro
cess against himself. While therefore a
fi. fa. directed to all aud singular the
sherifls aud coroners of this State was not
iu exact accord with the statute, tho de
fendant having at its date been a sheriff,
yet where it appeared that lie had ceased
to be a sherill and that the 11. fa. was lev
ied by his successor, it substantially com
plied with tbe statute, and tho court prop
erly refused to dismiss tho levy ou mo
tion. Judgment hfiitmed.
Whitney vs. Alston et al. Ejectment,
from Sumter. Practice iu,-Superior
Court.
Jackson, C. J.—1. Where complaint
for laud was brought, and a recovery had
against tenants in possession, the fact that
their laudlord, with their knowledge and
acquiescence, employed counsel to movo
for a now trial, which was done iu tho
name of the tenants, docs uot render the
motion that of tho landlord so a3 to mako
it illegal.
2. The grant of a now trial was right
under the facts of this case. Judgment
affirmed. 1
McDendou vs. Harrell. Case, from Web
ster. Sheriff?. Officers. Actions. Dam
ages.
Jackson, C. J.—If a sheriff violates
his duty, and as a result is imprisoned for
contempt, he cannot recover damages
from another on the ground that he was
induced to adopt such line of conduct by
the false and fraudulent representations
ofthe defendant and promises to protect
him, and tho falso representiou that a
check given iu payment for land bought
at the sheriff’s sale would be paid. To
allow official misconduct to bo thq basis
of a recovery against a coadjutor therein
however guilty tho latter might be, would
be contrary to public policy. Judgment
affirmed.
Harvyvs. State. Arson, from Sumter.
Ckawfoiid, J.—1. That tho defendant
in a criminal case is excitable, whether
from her stale of health or otherwise, is
not sufficient to require a continuance.
2. Whether an indictmcut for arson
charged that tho house burned was the
property of aud in the possession of a cer
tain person, and tho proof showed the ac
tual possession was held by the tenant of
that pcison, there was no material vari
ance. Judgmeut affirmed. '
Byrau vs. Welch, Cook & Bacon. Equity,
from Lee.
Crawford, J.—After all matters in is
sue between the parlies to an equity
cause had been submitted to au auditor,
a report had been made and exceptions
filed and overruled, one of tho parlies
could not amend the pleadings and carry
the case to a jury cults merits. Judg
meut affirmed.
Pe
Equity, from Ter-
VoriLct. Debtor
rrv vs. Bozcuicn.
roll. Now trial,
and creditor.
Where there are several debts duo by a
debtor to the same creditor, If he makes
payments without appropriating them to
any special debt, tbo creditor may ap
propriate them to any debt which is due-
as
Judgment reversed.
Bradey vs. Parker. Attachment, from
' Sumter.
CitAWFOHD, J.—Tho circumstances,
acts aud declarations which grow out of
the main fact, are contemporaneous with
it, cud serve to illustrate it, are part of the
res gostiu.
(a). The ground of attachment being
that tho defendant absconds, and on tbe
t: iri of an issue formed thereon it having
been showu that the defendant was ab
sent from homo when the attachment was
sued out, it was competent to prove that,
m connection with his departure aud just
before it, ho stated that lie was going to
Alabama for certain property, ana sought
to borrow money to pay ids expenses there
and back, and that he did return. Judg
ment affirmed.
O V Ell UAUV A 3HLLIOS I VOX
Bosworth va. Thomas. Appeal, from
burnler.
Ckawfoiid, J.—Where a tenant had
been occupying a certain store, aud at his
instance aud under his immediate super
vision the landlord caused repairs to be
made in tho flooring, and thereupon tho
teuar.t rented for a term, agreeing that no
repairs should bo required of the land
lord, if the floor subsequently gave way
by reason of putting a heavy load upon it,
there conld be no set off from the rent on
account of damages resulting fhnn such
accident. Judgment affirmed.
Gunn vs. Hackett. Illegality, from Ran
dolph.
Ckawfokd, J.—1. Where a constable
was appointed by the sole justice in a
district to fill the vacancy caused by a
failure to elect a constable, and tbe ap
pointee accepted the position and habitu
ally exercised tbe functions of the office,
a levy made by him was not void, al
though he may not have given tho bond
andtaksnthe oath provided by law be
fore entering on the duties of his office.
He was a de facto officer.
(a) That the justice who appointed him
resigned aud moved oat oi the county did
not alter the case.
2. There is no law requiring the signa
ture of any justice of the peace to a judg
ment entered by him ou his docket. A
signature by initials did not, therefore,
avoid such a judgment.
3. A mistake in one’s favor is not a good
ground of exception.
4. That a magistrate did not enter on
Ids docket an itemized statement of tbe
costs of a case, but entered judgment for
a specified principal and Interest, with
costs of suit, did not invalidate the Judg
ment. Judgment reversed.
A Fatal OnlialoaL
&»» Francisco Post.
Wo regret to inform our fair correspond
ent—ilr?. McRaflerty, of Stevenson street
—that after diligent soaroh we fiud there is
no olanse in the constitution of the United
How Somk Men Display thbux , ... , „ . „
Love.—In Tifflin, Ohio, November 3d, Btatea makm B tv a penal offeMe for Mrs
Charles Madder, a divinity eludent it 0
II IVIIawa .i ifi no | Wfird Oi WF8« ulCli. IO Blit Q8DC8 while the
Heideiberg College, shot and killed Miss j McRaff4rt y linen is hung out to dry. It is
Phu-'be Barnard m the street. It is said . JIUt these inexcusable omission* to protect
lie was madly in love And bU© did not re* l the inoe f taerod rights ot onr prominent
ciprocate. He asked her to marry him, | citizens that are slowly but hi rely bringing
aud upon bar refusal be ebot h *r dead. ' about the downfall or this ailejpd republio.
Theodcre Walton's Sneeess Over U>e
Water—Stetttnjr Twenty Thousand
Dollars on One Uorse and Drawing
Forty Thoownd—Two Hundred
Thousand Won ou Faxhall—Wal.
ton'* Method*.
special correspondence Philadelphia Times,
New Yokk, November 2.—A Philadel
phia man, now engaged in belting on the
turf in England, is credited with having
won over half a million dollars. His
name is F. Theodore Walton, aud now
they seek iu New York to claim him as
native to Gotham. When he left Phila
delphia for New York he was compara
tively cleaned out, as they say of a man
on Third street when his margin is all
gone. He became the proprietor of the
St. James Hotel. There are very few ho-
teh iu New York like tho St. Jamos.
There Is no proprietor of any hotel like
Theodore Walton. Ha has managed the
hotel very successfully. Its restaurant Is
one of the best iu New York. Senator J.
P. Joucs owns tho hold. Formerly C. T.
Jones—no relation of the Senator, but
once a resident of Philadelphia, where he
used to keep the Webt Etui—was its pro
prietor. Among men about town who
have money the St. James is famous for
its breakfasts. An extra sirloin there
costs $1.50. Stuffed peppers, a cut of lob
ster, iyouaise potatoes, coffee, hot rolis
aud sweet butter, making a check of
$2.30, with a service for two, is eaten
nearly every morlng by a Belmont aud
an Astor, a giaudsou of Hamilton aud
Steve French, J. F. Sinythc and Senator
Jor.es when in New York aud the emi
nent sporting men of the city. Where
the good cooking is, there Is the good
gambler. One can meet a number of
eminent people at breakfast at tbe St.
Jaine3. If he wishes to see them over
their cigars and politics, he goes to the
Fifth Avenue, and at dinner and supper
hours lie looks for them at Dclntouico’s
or at the Gilsey and Brunswick. Theodore
Walton liad uot had much experience as
a hotel man. Ho had been, as everybody
iu Philadelphia remembers, recorder of
deeds for tho city and county of Phila
delphia and something of a politician. In
personal appearance he is a handsome
man, of commanding stature, broad
shoulders, lull waislcd, straight-limbed,
good-shaped hands aud feet, a long,
tawny moustache, large, but deep-set gray
eyes, square chin, florid complexion, tbe
address of a gentleman and the repose of
manner that belongs to a self-reliant man.
He is.
IN WALL SXKEET.
After he came to Now York, now a lit
tle more than three years ago, ho set him
self to work to make his hotel popular.
Ho did. Thou he look a turn in Wall
street. All reports arree that ho did not
win with rapidity. However, only a few
people know about that. Net that he is
communicative, for hu is; but he is Llie
sort of man who discusses liis affairs only
with the class of men who do uot go over
them again for the mere purpose of inter-
eMii.g u.hers. Nevertheless, Mr. Walton
was al ways a bold speculator. He would
gamble on anything when chances were
even. He liad some interests with Cham
berlain, Daly, Morrissey and Mackey.
They thought ho was too much inclined
to gamble ou his own account when it
wasn't: necessary. It is an old story about
Ben Holliday being disturbed by some
body who walked up and down tho room
adjoining the great stage pioneer’s in the
hotel.
“What do you walk for ?” asked Holli
day. “Go to sleep.”
“Alas!” was the reply; “I have credi
tors to whom I must pay fifteen thousand
dollars to-morrow, aud I haven’t the
money.”
“Is that all? Go to sleep. Don’t he a
fool. Let them walk.”
So, in the business relations with the
gentlemen named, two of whom are dead.
They insisted that it was proper to let
other people bet. But The. Walton likc.l
to walk. It is a matter of established
fact that he has had theoretically occasion
to do some oflt. When a certain Phila
delphia man who had something to do
with tho legislative poultry yard in which
there were no hens— “roosters” was the
local appellation, I believe—denied his
presence to the court of justice tn Dau
phin county I10 canto to New York, and
of tho $0,000 he left there a good part be
came the seed of Mr. Walton’s great crop
of orofits.
AFTEK THE SARATOGA HACKS.
In the spring ofthe year, then, ono sees
Mr. Walton with $13,000 lu cash, at Sara
toga, taking a swing at the races. His
sou, a mild-eyed, handsome young follow,
beaming through gold-rimmed spectacles
over the ntarbie counter of tho St. James
Hotel office, says just now: “He didn’t
make much there—I guess $50,000; possi
bly more tbau that, but I reckou not
much more.”
When at a recent great whist game, ex
tending over a period of U^o months,
played, of course, with intervals for break-
ftist and sleep while the sun shone, in
Saratoga, a Philadelphia gentleman was
called the winner in the sum of $33,000.
“There,” said Mr. Clair, the manager of
the A. T. Stewart property,
and speaking only as one making
a comment, “that Philadelphia man is
taking moro winnings out of Saratoga than
anybody lias in ten years.” In tbe light
or such a statement the amount of Mr.
Walton's winnings at Saratoga are nearly
unprecedented, if not quite so. Whatever
the exact figure may bavo been, it was
large enough to enable him to startle the
book-makers iu England Whon he gave
them his first order for the St. Leger, a
little less than two months ago. Twenty
thousand doliais I10 put down on a horse
that stood iu the betting two to one. From
that bet ho drew out $40,000, or a clear
winning of $20,000.
“Five thousand pounds at a whack!”
gasped the English sporting men. “Ub,
the bloomin’ ‘plunger.’”
‘Since then,” resumes the young man
o! calm demeanor and speaking over
the counter as before, “father has wou
$500,000.”
“What on?”
“He won $200,000 on Foxhall in the
Ciesarewitcb, aud he was a heavy winner
on the events iu which Iroquois was en
gaged.”
“Docs he represent anybody except him
self on the turt ?”
“Not a soul. This is his boat and be is
rowing it a'one.”
“When’* he going to stop ?”
“Pretty soon; he’s got to. The season
is about over.”
“Bring Ids money back iu one ship?”
“No. He’s going lo take it and his gout
to some German spring and return late in
tho winter.”
MB. WALTON’S METHODS.
It is not perhaps from Mr. Walton’s son.
that the Times should seek to publish the
methods of that sou’s father. Neither
may ono look for that knowledge from
the book-makers here. As a rule, Mr.
Walton, at this stage of his career, is un
popular with them. He not only won
their money last season on this side, but
he is setting tbe betting by which a favor
ed few are winning tbeir money here.
In fact, be is being followed, and his fol
lowers are tremendously successful.
Then be is a man who does not own
eral scheme of book-makers and pool-'
sellers to encourage successful bet
ters to buy stables. When they are
once linked to the race course by tbe
possession of race-irorres they are held se
curely against that happy day for the
book-maker when ali his losses shall come
back threefold. Besides the owner of the
stable looks and hopes for liis own horses
and does not go absut trying to p'ck up
winners vut ot somebody else’s stalls.
Mr. Walton's method is briefly this: He
lias 110 prejudice for any horse except that
created by one he thinks cau win. Then
ho bets on it. If it docs lie rewards the
jockey handsomely. If that jockey wins
again he knows what he rides for if Wal
ton is betting ou his mount. Sir John
Astlcy, Bart, recently quarreled with
Walton. Iu the opening race at Newmar
ket last Thursday Mr. Walton laid £1,000
to £500 on tee favorite, M. Jardine’s
Wbinblossom, and lost. In tho next race
ho won heavily, and iu the third bet
heavily on the favorite, Medicus,
bearing the colors of Sir John, for
the Bretby Nursery. He won, but the sport
ing baronet had been anticipa^d in his
commissions and a personal encounter was
imminent. Walton was told he had bet
ter go back to New York. It must seem
strange to the knight that the man who
lias won more thau any turfite has ever
done in so short a lime declined to start
right away in accordance with those di
rections. Private dispatches received to
day from Mr. Walton indicate that a gang
ot Hitters were with Astley, ready to break
bim iu iittio piece;, am), besides, that a
row would have dene no good. He had
landed £14,300 on the race and he didn’t
care for the baronet's anger. They say
now that Walton will touch Monte Carlo
before ho comes hack. If ho does aud
continues the magnitude of bis operations
it will be bad for Moute Carlo—or Wal
ton. Ross.
A Bit.LYE XOVSG MM. AltTIST,
Chained by Paralysis in Her Chair
While (She Paints Pictures lor tier
Support.
Proa the X. Y. Sun.
The home of Miss Marion Foster is Lc
Minerva, Ohio, a little town iu the north
ern part of tho State. Her aged parents
live there still. From early childhood
Miss Marion has been an invalid, aud
when she was eleven by an accidental fall
her spiuc was injared and her limbs be
came paralyzed. She has not since been
able to walk.
She was fouud in her little parlor at 51
East Twenty-ninth street last evening,
seated in a roller chair, upon which site
journeys round her room, lc eking not un
like a modern fairy queen, chariot and
all. Sho is a picturesque little being. Her
hair is dark aud long, lies in waves low
down on her forehead, and falls uucon-
fined upon her shoulders. From uuder
tho dark thatch-like tresses her large eyes
look oat.
AU about tho room were pictures, Miss
Marion’s handiwork, tihe is an artist. As
a little child sho delighted with brush
aud colors to daub on bits of tin or card
board her earliest “impressions.” Her
lather, who was a man of means, graii-
fied her taste, and uuder the guidance ot
a governess and teacher the young girl
made progress. A few years'later Mr.
Foster failed in business, and then the
older brother, who had undertaken to
care for his father and his sisters, died,
and left them all quite without means,
Miss Marion sought work at a miliine.
and, with ’.'no little fortune thus saved, a
m*ter ot $50 or $00, she went to Cincin
nati to put to practical use those gifts as
an artist which she had cultivated purely
tor pleasure.
To gain a livelihood In a largo city was
a hard task for tho unknown young girl.
But, seated in her little carriage, she
painted well and bravely, and soou found
friends. Sho painted many portraits in
oil, and did much decorative work in oil
and water colors, according as there was
demand.
Miss Foster remained thus seven years
in Cincinnati, working with the brush.
Among other friends whom sl.o won whilo
there were Emma Abbott, the singer, who
was attracted to Miss Marion by her mu
sical voice aud taste ior music, aud Fau
cy Davenport, the actress. For them she
painted flowers upon their siik aud satin
stage dresses. Last April she cr-ne to
New Hork, at the solicitation of Fanny
Davenport, to consult Dr. Sayre. He has
since been treating her for her spinal
troubles, and has given her some hope
that perhaps sho may yet be well and
strong. Indeed she wss ablo at one tints
last summer to stand upon iter feet and
take a step forward. But a most uu" >i>
tunalc accident in moving her in Ik-4 uu*
did all that tiie Doctor had done and left
her paralyzed.
Miss Foster hopes now to remain iu
New York, and to establish herself hero,
where a larger fleid is offered for her
work. The walls of her little parlor are
hung with pictures and satiu-pr'nted
screens and banners, all of them pre.,y
and tasteful, aud showiug abundant evi
dence of skill. Across a chair last slight
lay a cream-colored ;i:k dress. It was
made by Worth for Miss Fanny Daven
port In “Camille,”_and across tho i.oot
and sides of tbe skirt Mi:* Foster has
painted several red camellias. A large
fan has been decorated to match. Miss
Foster has painted several other dresses
and fans for Miss Davenport, which will
be worn for the first time during Miss Da-
venpott’s New York engagement this
season.
Miss Foster is alone in Now York but
for the friends whom she ha.* already
made through Dr. Sayre aud others who
have called upon her. She desires to be
better known, to the end that iu making
a natno for herself she may also make
means of support.
Harrisou, Lincoln and tlarfleid—Re
markable ColuclUeuee*
A correspondent of tbe .St. Louts Glebe-
Democrat tells the following:
‘A few minutes afterwards, in speak
ing to the President, I asked if he had no-,
ticed the similarity of his nomination
witli that of Lincoln. He said he had.
And I, without thinking of it, said Provi
dence may have the same destiny for you.
He did not answer fer a while, remain
ing silent and thoughtful. Then be said:
‘The first Western man eieeted to the
Presidency was Harrison, of Indiana.
Lincoln was elected in 1800, and I
was elected in I860.’ Thinking that we
had uot noticed the jumps of twenty
years, he said, *'40, ’00 and ’80, what does
that mean? Then, again,’ said tho Pres
ident, ‘look at the part Indiana has play
ed in 1L Besides having tbe honor itsell
in Harrison's case, it was Indiana that
turned the scales and made Lincoln the
Republican nominee and President. It
wss Indiana, by Ben Harrison, a grand-
eon of I'resideut Harrison, that cast the
vote of Indiana that made me the nomi
nee and President.’ Then, tapping h't
finger on the back of his baud- he repea'
ed ‘1840,1800,1880.’” “Did be co.
troue the sequence?” “Oh. yes. Said
be, ‘Harrison died while lie was Presi
dent sod iu the White House; Lincoln
was assassinated while he was President;
what will become of me?’ Of course
this put us alt, or at least the little group
that sat about him, lo thinking of ooinef-
deuces.”
Ensign W. 8. Benson, United Staton
horses himself, and it is a part of tbe gen- navy, is visiting his old home is this dty.
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